topic Re: SNMP RW string on PIX firewall in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355557#M551065 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Many tks Mustafa</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:07:34 GMT andy 2005-02-25T11:07:34Z SNMP RW string on PIX firewall https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355555#M551063 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>i want to know if it will be possible to set a snmp R/W string on PIX firewall?</P><P>If it is tell me how to do it securelly</P><P></P><P>Regards</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:58:54 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355555#M551063 andy 2020-02-21T07:58:54Z Re: SNMP RW string on PIX firewall https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355556#M551064 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I don't think that is possible. Even in the new PIX OS 7.0 data sheet there is no mention of it, only "Improved SNMP Monitoring" i.e. RO:</P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_data_sheet0900aecd80225ae1.html" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_data_sheet0900aecd80225ae1.html</A></P><P>I think the rationale behind is that it doesn't make sense to use a vulnerable/non-secure protocol such as SNMP to manage a security appliance.</P><P>That being said, I still wish that one day SNMP RW will somehow be securely enabled on the "Dedicated Out-of-Band Management Interface" introduced in OS 7.0</P><P></P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P></P><P>Mustafa</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:54:36 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355556#M551064 mhussein 2005-02-25T10:54:36Z Re: SNMP RW string on PIX firewall https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355557#M551065 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Many tks Mustafa</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:07:34 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355557#M551065 andy 2005-02-25T11:07:34Z Re: SNMP RW string on PIX firewall https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355558#M551067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>but how can i use thsi command line</P><P></P><P>" write net " cause i'm using a solarwinds tool TFTP</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:14:15 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/snmp-rw-string-on-pix-firewall/m-p/355558#M551067 andy 2005-02-25T11:14:15Z